NIU men’s tennis: Huskies stymie Western Illinois

By Northern Star staff

Men’s tennis remained perfect at home this season as it took down its fifth victim Saturday.

The Huskies (5-2) beat the Western Illinois Leathernecks, 6-1, at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford. NIU is 5-0 at home during the spring season, but it won’t play at home again until March 27 as it emabrks on a seven-match road trip starting Saturday.

Complete results below:

Doubles

No. 1: Freshman Kevin Daun and senior Frederic Cadieux won (6-2)

No. 2: Freshmen Louis-Philippe Hamel and Georg Lundkvist won (6-1)

No. 3: Junior Simon Formont and freshman Tom Hjertonsson won (6-0)

Singles

No. 1: Hjertonsson won (6-0, 6-2)

No. 2: Lundkvist lost (3-6, 6-0, 6-10)

No. 3: Hamel won (6-2, 6-1)

No. 4: Daun won (6-1, 6-0)

No. 5: Sophomore Carlos Manzanas won (6-1, 6-0)

No. 6: Freshman Austin Russell won (6-0, 6-0)